Seminar: Family and Group Conferencing for Adults – what it can offer for informal carers
We are delighted to virtually welcome Professor Jerry Tew and Dr. Philip Kinghorn from the University of Birmingham, to present ‘Family and Group Conferencing for Adults – what it can offer for informal carers’ on Tuesday 27th January 2026.
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We are delighted to virtually welcome Dr. Nicola Brimblecombe to present ‘Care and Place: older people’s housing and communities and their social care needs, care use, and care costs’ on Tuesday 13th January 2026. Register your place here!
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The life course costs of caring: Understanding unpaid carers’ financial wellbeing over time
Dr. Maxine Watkins and Dr. Louise Overton report on the first study to apply subjective notions of financial wellbeing directly to the experience of care and caring and with an emphasis on capturing and understanding changes in carers’ financial lives over time.
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Invisible Again: Unpaid Carers and Disabled People are absent from the Autumn Budget
The Centre for Care and CHASM respond to the Autumn Budget 2025, highlighting the lack of mention for unpaid carers and disabled people.
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Becky Driscoll and Kate Hamblin comment on the report from the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments inquiry and the Government’s response.
Read more about The Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments: A Welcome Step Towards Wider Reform of Welfare Benefits for Carers60th Anniversary: Happy Birthday to Carers UK and to the global carers’ movement
Professor Sue Yeandle OBE looks back on the global carers’ movement on Carers UK’s 60th Anniversary.
Read more about 60th Anniversary: Happy Birthday to Carers UK and to the global carers’ movementHere we provide links to our recent key outputs around unpaid carers.
Read more about Carers Rights Day 2025: ‘Know your rights, use your rights’Unpaid carers share their stories of being affected by an outdated benefit system
Leanne and Alison share their stories of caring and being affected by Carer’s Allowance- a benefit in need of urgent reform.
Read more about Unpaid carers share their stories of being affected by an outdated benefit systemCentre for Care Impact Specialist, Fay Benskin, writes about our second Policy Breakfast event at the House of Commons in June, which focused on Carer’s Allowance reform.
Read more about Policy breakfast: Carer’s Allowance reformA ‘double headliner’ event! We virtually welcomed Dr. Maria Petrillo and Dr. Jingwen Zhang to present their research for us on 11th November 2025.
Read more about Seminar: Dr. Maria Petrillo and Dr. Jingwen ZhangEmily Holzhausen CBE (Carers UK) and Professor Nathan Hughes explore Carers UK’s State of Caring 2025 report, highlighting why a new settlement for carers can’t wait.
Read more about Unpaid care in 2025: rising hours, rising costsEuropean Carers Day 2025: Exploring policy barriers faced by migrant careworkers coming to the UK
Millie Hind speaks with Patricia Chinyoka, founder of Women of Zimbabwe about the challenges faced by migrant careworkers trying to bring with their children to the UK
Read more about European Carers Day 2025: Exploring policy barriers faced by migrant careworkers coming to the UKPathways to Work or Pathways to Poverty? The Risks of Welfare Reform for Disabled People and Carers
Centre for Care Researchers Lucy Wood and Becky Driscoll analyse the recent policy discussions around welfare reform in the UK, exploring at the Universal Credit Bill and the Pathways to Work Green Paper published in March 2025.
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